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Sunday, November 1, 2015

October: Delusion, catastrophe and panic beset the NDP -- The month on The Left Chapter in review

October saw 25 posts of various types on The Left Chapter.

In the lead up to and aftermath of the election many of these posts set record numbers in terms of hits, and the top two posts shattered hit totals for any previous posts in The Left Chapter's history save for September's record post on the racist Ontario niqab meme.

Without any further ado, the top five posts in terms of hits in October were:

If in politics a week can be a lifetime, a month can be an eternity – especially in an election campaign.

Just put yourself in the shoes of NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair’s top strategists to see how much things can change over the course of four weeks. On a late August afternoon when members of the Mulcair team looked out on a bright and sunny day from the confines of the NDP war room, they must have been feeling pretty confident about themselves.

In the wake of the catastrophic election result for the NDP -- an election that saw the party squander its position as official opposition and "government-in-waiting" and what seemed its first real shot at power -- comes news that the leader who "led" the party there, Tom Mulcair, intends to stay at the helm.

Perhaps one of the most mystifying things in the aftermath of the 2015 Canadian federal election is that NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair still has a job.

Somehow, Mulcair and his inner-circle managed to take a party that was atop the polls when the campaign began in early August -- and sitting as Official Opposition to boot -- and by October 19 reduce the NDP to a distant third place finish while shedding 51 seats in process.

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